By Rachel Lee
Wilton Park and its South Korean counterpart the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) jointly hosted the first Rules Based International System (RUBIS) conference in East Asia, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Nov. 22.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office co-sponsored the conference.
The conference brought together the two nations alongside other regional partners that are major security and economic actors in the region to exchange views and thinking regarding the role of the RUBIS system and its contribution to regional stability, security and economic growth.
IFANS Chancellor Cho Byung-jae of and speakers from South Korea, the U.K., Australia, Canada, Japan and China, including Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Vice President Danny Alexander attended the event.
The British Ambassador to South Korea, Charles Hay, said, "This century is the Asian century as countries in the region become more prominent in the issues that are critical for global security and economic development.
"Influential East Asian countries like South Korea will be instrumental in shaping the future of international rules-based order."
RUBIS is founded on relationships between states and through international institutions and frameworks, with shared rules and agreements on behavior.
The organization works for U.K. interests in multiple ways: promoting peace and prosperity through security and economic integration; encouraging predictable behavior by states; and supporting peaceful settlement of disputes.
It also encourages states, and a wide range of non-state interests, to create conditions for open markets, the rule of law, democratic participation and accountability.
Wilton Park organizes more than 60 events a year in the U.K. and overseas, bringing together leading representatives from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and the media.
They focus on issues of international security, prosperity and justice.
Wilton Park and its South Korean counterpart the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) jointly hosted the first Rules Based International System (RUBIS) conference in East Asia, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Nov. 22.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office co-sponsored the conference.
The conference brought together the two nations alongside other regional partners that are major security and economic actors in the region to exchange views and thinking regarding the role of the RUBIS system and its contribution to regional stability, security and economic growth.
IFANS Chancellor Cho Byung-jae of and speakers from South Korea, the U.K., Australia, Canada, Japan and China, including Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Vice President Danny Alexander attended the event.
The British Ambassador to South Korea, Charles Hay, said, "This century is the Asian century as countries in the region become more prominent in the issues that are critical for global security and economic development.
"Influential East Asian countries like South Korea will be instrumental in shaping the future of international rules-based order."
RUBIS is founded on relationships between states and through international institutions and frameworks, with shared rules and agreements on behavior.
The organization works for U.K. interests in multiple ways: promoting peace and prosperity through security and economic integration; encouraging predictable behavior by states; and supporting peaceful settlement of disputes.
It also encourages states, and a wide range of non-state interests, to create conditions for open markets, the rule of law, democratic participation and accountability.
Wilton Park organizes more than 60 events a year in the U.K. and overseas, bringing together leading representatives from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and the media.
They focus on issues of international security, prosperity and justice.
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